Amazon Expedition by Phyllis Birkby; Jill Johnston; Bertha Harris; Esther Newton; Jane O’Wyatt

'Before the 1970s, lesbians could publish their writing in nonspecific collective volumes, but not until 1973, with the publication of Amazon Expedition: A Lesbian Feminist Anthology, edited by Phyllis Birkby, was the lesbian anthology in its own right born.' — Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures, George Haggerty & Bonnie Zimmerman (eds.)

'When lesbians within the gay liberation movement synthesized gay politics with feminism, they started a separate political/cultural development which thousands of women began to identify with. This is what this anthology is about. Culture, herstory, politics, celebration, Lesbianfeminism — one concept: the new womanity.' — publisher.

Includes:

• 'The Parable of Mothers and Daughters' and 'The Sexual Abuse of Children: A Feminist Point of View' by Florence Rush
• 'Lesbianism and Feminism' by Ti-Grace Atkinson
• 'The New Misandry' by Joanna Russ
• 'Emily Dickinson Feminist' by Rebecca Patterson
• 'High School Crack-up' by Esther Newton
• 'The Vision and Persecution of Aurora Phelps' by Arlene Kisner, Lois Hart, & Ellen Shumsky
• 'Return of the Amazon Mother' and 'The Comingest Womanifesto' by Jill Johnston
• 'The More Profound Nationality of Their Lesbianism: Lesbian Society in Paris in the 1920s' by Bertha Harris